Jeff Bezos' ex-wife MacKenzie Scott set new milestone with $1 billion HBCU donation: Inside her wealth, net worth
Fortune reported this week that Amazon boss Jeff Bezos' ex-wife MacKenzie Scott's $42 million donations to Elizabeth City State University on the school’s Founders Day in North Carolina pushed her total giving to HBCUs well past the $1 billion mark.
MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, recently made a new record-giving donation of over $1 million to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), pushing her total giving to these institutions past the $1 billion mark. Scott, with an estimated net worth of $37 billion according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index and $32.5 billion as per Forbes, has pledged to donate at least half of her wealth during her lifetime.
She started her philanthropic efforts in 2020, directing hundreds of millions of dollars towards HBCUs. One of her notable donations was $80 million to Howard University, one of the largest donations in the school's 158-year history. Since signing the Giving Pledge in 2019, Scott has donated to thousands of organizations, focusing on various causes such as DEI, disaster recovery, community development, health, and environmental causes.
Her fortune primarily comes from a 4% stake in Amazon, which she received during her divorce from Bezos in 2019.
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